LHPD: Woman raped by stranger while unconscious

The victim “felt as though she may have been sexually battered but had no recollection of the event, stating that she had been unconscious,” officers wrote.

ZACK McDONALD News Herald Reporter @PCNHzack

LYNN HAVEN — Months after a Lynn Haven woman awoke to find herself nude in her bedroom with her “insides hurting,” police have arrested man she did not know on a sexual battery charge, according to court records.

John Alfred Faison, 36, appeared in court Friday in connection with the case. He had been sought since August when DNA from a rape kit taken earlier in the year was connected to him. Faison was charged with sexual battery on a helpless person and is being held on a $150,000 bond, court records stated.

He could not be reached for comment.

Faison has a lengthy history of narcotics, assault and driving charges. He had been sought since around the time of alleged sexual battery for violating his probation on a felony driving without a license charge.

According to Lynn Haven Police Department reports, a woman — who has not been identified because of the nature of the charges — reported that on March 10, she fell asleep on her couch fully clothed while watching a movie in her ground-level living room. She awoke a few hours later naked in her upstairs bedroom, feeling like her “insides hurt,” officers wrote.

The woman “felt as though she may have been sexually battered but had no recollection of the event, stating that she had been unconscious,” officers wrote.

The woman went to a local hospital where law enforcement became involved as a nurse conducted a forensic exam with a sexual assault kit. On Aug. 25, LHPD received notice that the test identified DNA belonging to Faison, officers reported. The woman, however, had no idea who that was.

“The victim states she does not know Faison and did not have consensual sexual intercourse with Faison or anyone else during the month of March 2017,” officers wrote.

Faison was not located until Thursday, when he was arrested and charged in the sexual battery and violation of probation on the previous charge.

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